that Mughira ibn Shu'ba used to say, "Allah, curse so-and-so (meaning 'Ali) for he disobeyed what is in Your Book and abandoned the sunnah of Your Prophet, divided unity, shed blood and was slain as an oppressor." He is also said to have proposed to Mu'awiya to nominate his son Yazid as his caliphal successor. Death Al-Mughira died of the plague sometime between 668 and 671 at the age of 70. According to the historians al-Waqidi (d. 823) and al-Mada'ini (d. 843), al-Mughira died in August or September 670. He was succeeded by Ziyad ibn Abih, whom he had groomed as his successor. Upon becoming the governor of Iraq in 694, al-Hajjaj ibn Yusuf appointed al-Mughira's sons al-Mutarrif, Urwa and Hamza his deputy governors in al-Mada'in, Kufa and Hamadhan, respectively, on account of their shared Thaqafi descent. References Bibliography Companions of the Prophet 600 births 701 deaths Banu Thaqif People from Taif Rashidun governors of Kufa Umayyad governors of Kufa 7th-century people from the Umayyad Caliphate 7th-century deaths from plague (disease) Rashidun governors of Basra Rashidun governors of Arminiya